Introduction to Internet of Things

Several marketing institutions estimate that the number of Internet-connected devices (Internet of Things) will exceed 50 billion by the year 2030. This course will introduce the basic concepts, foundational principles and architectures behind the Internet of Things.

Topics will include:

Introduction to IoT

Hardware platforms

Software and application platforms

Communication technologies and protocols

Sensing and data analytics

In addition to the lectures, the exercises will complement the theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience about IoT devices, and will teach the students how to program them to collect transfer, and analyse the data. A mini-project will further strengthen the learning.

This course is suitable for AI-SE master students and it will be taught in English. For further information, please contact Sascha Jungen (sascha.jungen@uni-due.de).

The kickoff meeting for this lecture with exercises will take place on Monday, October 8th between 10.00h and 11.30h in room S-A 126. It is mandatory to attend this kick-off meeting in order to participate.

This course will be held as a block course over 6 weeks (with 4 hrs/wk lecture and 4 hrs/wk exercises), with an oral examination at the end (between December 3rd and 7th).